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The recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai instigated an intense debate on the role of gun laws in South Asia. Notoriously strict, domestic gun laws in South Asia were created during British colonialism. Many citizens feel these gun laws attempted to suppress citizens rather than protect them. Many pro-gun individuals claim that the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack that killed or wounded hundreds of people could have been avoided if stringent gun laws did not exist. Although South Asia has been a target of numerous large-scale terrorist attacks in recent years, the open-nature of the Mumbai attack hit a nerve in pro-gun lobbies worldwide. The argument against gun laws in this instance hinges on the perception that if citizens were able to hold guns, the terrorists would have been neutralized or even deterred before completing their heinous objective. Individuals that support gun laws would say that this argument exceeds any practical reading of the situation that unfolded in Mumbai. Would rescinding gun laws, allowing civilians to carry firearms, deter terrorist thinking? It appears that some feel that throwing more guns into a world that clearly has a gun problem lacks common sense. Statistics shows that the majority of murders are committed with … Continue reading